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From Canadian History Portal - HCO

On October 10, 1864, the Quebec Conference opened at the Hotel St. Louis in Quebec City, as the 33 delegates started drafting The 72 Resolutions as an outline to the proposed union, which will form the core of the British North America Act.

The Conference is attended by the following, who were at Charlottetown as well:

From New Brunswick Edward Chandler John Johnson William Steeves Samuel Tilley From Nova Scotia Jonathan McCully Adams Archibald Robert Dickey William Henry Charles Tupper

From PEI George Coles John Hamilton Gray Thomas Haviland Edward Palmer Andrew Macdonald William Pope

From Canada East George-Étienne Cartier Hector-Louis Langevin D'Arcy McGee Alexander Galt From Canada West John A. Macdonald George Brown Alexander Campbell William McDougall

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The following were not at Charlottetown:

From New Brunswick Peter Mitchell Charles Fisher From Newfoundland Ambrose Shea Frederick Carter

From PEI Edward Whelan From Canada East Étienne-Paschal Taché Jean-Charles Chapais

From Canada West James Cockburn Oliver Mowat

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The Quebec Conference wound up on October 29, 1864. The delegates will finally meet at the London Conference, starting December 6, 1866.

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• See The Fathers of Confederation